<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66395]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48952]]></link><description><![CDATA[To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free, These are imperial arts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17328]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but somehow it does something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass-you don't see it, but somehow it does something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that blames would buy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49324]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that blames would buy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66226]]></link><description><![CDATA[People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19927]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The center of the stage is where I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59039]]></link><description><![CDATA[The center of the stage is where I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if the committee carried the message in the exact words with no words missing, but left out the persuasion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if the committee carried the message in the exact words with no words missing, but left out the persuasion of gesture, the supplicating tone, and the beseeching looks which inform the words and give them life, where then were the power of the arguments and whom would it convince?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it  By their examples of true Christianity:   In short, all know, or very short may know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,   With a quicker count will go.    Think,--the shadow on the dial     For the nature most undone,      Marks the passing of the trial,       Proves the presence of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benito Mussolini is being put through the grinder of a television biography and the result resembles Italian sausage-of the spicy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benito Mussolini is being put through the grinder of a television biography and the result resembles Italian sausage-of the spicy variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53225]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really questioned whether I could in the beginning and now that I'm seeing results and have that support, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really questioned whether I could in the beginning and now that I'm seeing results and have that support, it makes me feel that much better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is about the tenth station I've come by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32918]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is about the tenth station I've come by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44515]]></link><description><![CDATA[In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one pays me to be nice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one pays me to be nice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   George Brush, the hero of [Thornton Wilder's] "Heaven's My Destination", ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   George Brush, the hero of [Thornton Wilder's] "Heaven's My Destination", a textbook salesman and evangelist extraordinary, is the innocent fool, in the kindliest sense of both the noun and the adjective. He is striving to be the fool in Christ, sowing the inevitable amazement, consternation and wrath that must ensue when Christ's fool runs at large among the worldly wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been hitting a lot better than last year, but we had four errors (Tuesday) and that is what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been hitting a lot better than last year, but we had four errors (Tuesday) and that is what I can't stand. We'll make great defensive plays, then make a mistake. We just have to be consistent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9778]]></link><description><![CDATA[O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to conquer the city of Troy - all that, and ten years of perseverance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10948]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/72]]></link><description><![CDATA[I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/72</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30903]]></link><description><![CDATA[This county is in dire need of affordable housing. We have to use every single tool we have to put affordable housing anywhere it can be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62889]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33357]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a slow start but managed to turn the match around when they needed to and came back strong in the second and third set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22650]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14581]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49355]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have done remarkably well, and they are all very talented. That's just so impressive that they are so young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40160]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have done remarkably well, and they are all very talented. That's just so impressive that they are so young and they are doing these things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love gives itself; it is not bought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love gives itself; it is not bought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love conquers all things; let us own her dominion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12598]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young female wolverine we collared weighed about 19 pounds, and was in excellent health and condition. She hasn't had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young female wolverine we collared weighed about 19 pounds, and was in excellent health and condition. She hasn't had kits yet, and is probably just a year old. It's likely that her parents and possibly siblings are in the same general area, so chances are good that we will collar additional individuals in the traps we've set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41408]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14383</guid></item></channel></rss>